Ceramic bath



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I CERAMIC BATH Filed Sept. 26, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Qkafles MQ-He-l- INVENTQE/ Patented July 14, 1936 PATENT OFFICE CERAMIC BATH Charles Mallet, Paris, France, assignor to Etab- 'lissements Jacob-Delafon Compagnie Geramique dc Pouilly-sur-Saone et Belvoye, Paris, France, a company of France Application September 26, 1935, Serial No. 42,270 In France October 5, 1934 6 Claims.

The object of the present invention is to reduce considerably the weight of earthenware or porcelain baths without diminishing their mechanical strength.

Another object of the invention is to facilitate the cleaning of the inside of the bath.

Yet another object is to simplify the manufacture of such baths.

The baths enabling the above objects to be attained present the characteristics set forth in the following description and in the claims appended thereto.

Baths according to the invention are illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a bath according to the invention,

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section on the line 2-2 in Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a horizontal section on the line 33 in Figure 2,

Figure 4 is a cross section on the line 4-4 in Figure 2,

Figures 5 and 6 are two cross sections of a mould utilized for the manufacture of the bath shown in Figs. 1 to 4, the section for Figure 5 being taken across the middle of the mould, while the section for Figure 6 is taken in a vertical plane passing through the pillars that support the bath.

Figures '7 and 8 are longitudinal sections of two other modifications of the bath according to the invention.

The earthenware bath illustrated in Figures 1 to 4 comprises essentially a body I having thin walls, resting upon four pillars 2 2 2 and 2 arranged at the four corners of the bath.

The thin-walled body I has at its upper part a reinforcing frame 3. The body unit thus constituted has its weight reduced to a minimum in consequence of the thinness of the walls of the body I, while the pillars 2 2 2 and 2 as well as the upper frame 3, give the bath as a whole great mechanical strength.

Furthermore the bath provides along the sides, between the pillars 2 2 2 and 2 free spaces, shown in Figure 4, where the feet can easily be engaged to facilitate the cleaning of the internal surface of the bath.

Furthermore the moulding of the bath can easily be effected by means of a simple mould comprising only two parts 6 and 6 shown in Figures 5 and 6.

The pillars 2 2 2 and 2 and also the reinforcing frame 3 may be of tubular form, as clearly shown in Figures 2, 3 and 4, which again reduces the total weight of the bath, while increasing its mechanical strength.

It will furthermore be observed that the junction of the various elements with one another, namely the body I, the pillars 2 and the reinforcing frame 3, is effected with earthenware of sub stantially constant thickness, thereby obviating cracks and deformations in the course of manufacture.

Numerous modifications may be made in the bath hereinbefore described, for instance in the constructional form of Figure 7, in which the back end 5 of the bath is constituted by a double wall 5 5 which renders it possible on the one hand to give this back end the inclination necessary for the satisfactory supporting of the users back, and on the other hand to give the exterior of the bath a symmetrical appearance.

In the modification shown in Figure 8, a double wall 5 5 is provided at each end of the bath. This arrangement renders it possible to give the bath an entirely symmetrical appearance both externally and internally. Furthermore the user can stretch himself out in the bath either in one direction or the other, using either end as a supporting back.

Finally this invention enables earthenware baths to be constructed, the weight of which is reduced, to a minimum while maintaining excellent mechanical strength, thereby enabling the cost price to be materially reduced.

What I claim is:-

1. An earthenware bath, comprising vertical pillars substantially equal in height to the total height of the bath, a body or tub portion integral with said pillars and comprising walls inclined to the vertical, said walls being of a thickness much less than the width of said pillars.

2. An earthenware bath, comprising vertical pillars substantially equal in height to the total height of the bath, a horizontal reenforcing frame integral with said pillars, a body or tub portion integral with said frame and comprising solid walls inclined to the vertical and greatly less in thickness than the thickness of the frame and than the width of said pillars.

3. An earthenware bath, comprising vertical tubular pillars substantially equal in height to the total height of the bath, a body or tub portion integral with said pillars and comprising walls inclined to the Vertical and of a thickness greatly less than the width of the tubular pillars.

4. An earthenware bath, comprising vertical tubular pillars substantially equal in height to the total height of the bath, a tubular horizontal reenforcing frame integral with said pillars, a body or tub portion integral with said tubular frame and comprising solid walls inclined to the vertical and greatly less in thickness than the thickness of the tubular frame and than the width of the tubular pillars.

5. An earthenware bath, comprising vertical pillars substantially equal in height to the total height of the bath, a. body or tub portion integral with the vertical pillars, said body comprising longitudinal solid walls inclinedto the vertical, one of the shorter sides of said body forming a rest and comprising double walls, said longitudinal walls being of a thickness greatly less than the width of the pillars.

6. An earthenware bath, comprising vertical pillars substantially equal in height to the total height of the bath, a body or tub portion integral with the vertical pillars, said body comprising solid longitudinal walls inclined 'to the vertical, two of the shorter sides of said body forming rests and each comprising double walls, said solid longitudinal walls being of a thickness greatly less than the width of the pillars.

CHARLES MALLET. 

